ASUS ARES Dual HD 5870: Review Roundup

The ASUS ARES Dual HD 5870 has the nickname “God of War”, so you would assume that its performance would be awesome – well you would not be wrong. The first thing that you need to know about this video card is its price, $1200 – but remember that it is a full custom version with two Radeon HD 5870 GPUs working side-by-side.

We thought that this was the perfect time to have a review roundup of this awesome card – not that many units will be sold for that price. Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 gamers will wonder why anyone would want to spend so much money on a graphics card for a computer – but then PC gamers will just look at what the consoles offer graphics wise and just laugh.

Sean Hollister from Engadget has found what he believes are the best reviews on the Internet for the ASUS ARES 5870, these are: Legit Reviews, Overclock3D, Guru3D, PC Perspective and TechPowerUp. They all offer their own opinion on this 4GB of GDDR5 video card.

Engadget points out how heavy the hardware is and how it runs hot enough burn. That’s why you have to have a 750 PSU installed in your PC. To read all the reviews visit link early on in this paragraph.